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air-filled

air-filled

1 3.3
Containing air inside so it is inflated
  • adjective
  • /ɛr fɪld/
translation icon : inflado de aire
  • The former is constructed with many pliable air-filled "fingers" projecting upwards, providing a "floating" effect.
  • air-filled balloons
  • air-filled pockets
  • air-filled wheels

Also other elements, you've got air filled slides, these are the ones you have to pay for.

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Examples

  • Infection of air-filled sites is possible, especially if the port of entry is unclean, as in the case of an open facial fracture.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Our skull contains four pairs of hollow air-filled sacks called the paranasal sinuses.

    Blog text (13)

  • In this demonstration, the particles are air filled balloons of the variety used at parties.

  • And at that point, oxygen can go from the air filled alveolus into the blood, which is amazing.

    Andrew Huberman

  • This is the Eustachian tube which is a way to vent the air filled middle ear.

  • They employ various geometries of air-filled cells, which inflate and deflate in alternating patterns over cycle times that range from 5 seconds to 5 minutes.

    Academic text (2001)

  • For the maximum tongue pressure task, participants placed the IOPI air-filled bulb on the tongue body behind the alveolar ridge and were instructed to press their tongue against the bulb as hard as they could.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Last Thursday night I slept well on a wonderful air-filled mattress.

  • Instead of providing spring support, these mattresses are made of air-filled chambers that inflate or deflate via remote control.

  • In the 1890s, bicycles with two equal-sized wheels and air-filled tires were new and popular.

Synonyms

pneumatic
vsair-filled
  • Specialized
11 6.9

A thing that uses air or gas to make parts move

is about being filled for volume rather than being used to operate things
gas-filled
vsair-filled
1 3.8

Filled with gas rather than liquid or solid

is filled specifically with the common breathable mixture rather than other substances

How Inflated

overinflated
1 4.8
air-filled
1 3.3

Surface Forms

air-filled positive

Morphology

air-filled = air + filled (transparent) = air + fill + ed

A direct, literal combination of 'air' and 'filled' meaning 'filled with air', which learners can readily interpret from the components.

Etymology

Air-filled is simply made from the English words air and filled, which together mean 'filled with air'. Think of a balloon or an inflatable mattress. That's why air-filled describes something that has air inside.